Annuals, perennials, trees, shrubs, vegetables, fruits; where does a gardener start to choose what to put in the landscape? Vibrant colors, eye-appealing texture and form, soothing, memory-inducing ...

As spring arrives, one particular shrub in my garden never fails to catch the eye of visitors. Without fail, someone will remark, “That’s the biggest hydrangea bush I’ve ever seen!” Others might say, ...